Combative man allegedly strikes cop

A West Wyoming man is in jail after he allegedly hit a police officer in the head.

Edward Jenkins, 54, stumbled down Shoemaker Avenue on Monday night smelling like booze, according to arrest papers. A West Wyoming police officer who saw Jenkins approached him and asked for identification, triggering a violent reaction.

First, Jenkins cursed at the officer. When the officer asked again, Jenkins struck him on the side of the head and started to fight.

The officer used his Taser on Jenkins, who was then evaluated by medics and transported to the West Wyoming police station. But Jenkins still had some fight left in him and continued to threaten officers.

"Jenkins stated 'I'm going to blow your knee caps off with a 10 gauge' and 'I'm going to beat your brains in' and 'you better have eyes in the back of your (expletive),'" according to the arrest papers.

Jenkins then started spitting on the floor, and after ignoring demands to stop, began spitting toward a police officer. That officer tried to restrain Jenkins by pulling his sweatshirt hood over his head, and in the process gave him a laceration above his nose.

Police charged Jenkins with two counts of aggravated assault, a second-degree felony. He was also charged with making terroristic threats, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

He was arraigned in front of Magisterial District Judge Daniel O'Donnell in Sugarloaf on Tuesday morning and is being held at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility on $100,000 bail.

chong@citizensvoice.com

570-821-2052, @CVChrisHong

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